Commander Ajani

Commander Ajani (1962-) was a commander of the Afghan Local Police in Helmand Province.

Biography
Ajani was born in 1962 in Afghanistan. Her family fought against the Taliban during the Afghanistan War and were then put on the United States' payroll; they never became a part of the official Afghan National Police, and they maintained security in Helmand Province during the war against the Taliban. In a Vice News report with Ben Anderson in 2015, she stated that she was responsible for protecting 5,000 families even if she died, and she said that the Taliban were strong. The situation was so desperate that her grandchildren, who were in their preteens, were forced to fight for the local police against the Taliban.